Environmental impacts of ice cream

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 209, Issue , 2019, Pages 259-272

  Konstantas, Antonios ^a   Stamford, Laurence ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chocolate ice cream; Environmental sustainability; Food; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable food chains; Vanilla ice cream

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COMMERCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE LAYER; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; REFRIGERANTS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; ICE CREAMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; REFRIGERATED STORAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 85056202545     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.237     Document Type: Article

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